since requirements are now installed in .sls they don't have to be excluded

Author: dschep

example/serverless.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins:
   - serverless-python-requirements
 custom:
   pythonRequirements:
-    zip: false
+    zip: true
     cleanupZipHelper: true
     dockerizePip: false
 

index.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ const {installRequirements} = require('./lib/pip');
 const {pipfileToRequirements} = require('./lib/pipenv');
 const {linkRequirements, unlinkRequirements} = require('./lib/link');
 const {cleanup} = require('./lib/clean');
-const {excludeRequirementsFolder} = require('./lib/excludeRequirementsFolder');
 
 BbPromise.promisifyAll(fse);
 
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ class ServerlessPythonRequirements {
     };
 
     const before = () => BbPromise.bind(this)
-      .then(excludeRequirementsFolder)
       .then(pipfileToRequirements)
       .then(addVendorHelper)
       .then(installRequirements)

lib/excludeRequirementsFolder.js

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 const fse = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 /**
  * link all the files in .serverless/requirements to the service directory root
  * @return {undefined}
  */
 function linkRequirements() {
   const requirementsDir = path.join(this.servicePath, '.serverless/requirements');
+  if (!_.get(this.serverless.service, 'package.include'))
+    _.set(this.serverless.service, ['package', 'include'], []);
   if (!this.options.zip && fse.existsSync(requirementsDir)) {
     this.serverless.cli.log('Linking required Python packages...');
     const noDeploy = new Set(this.options.noDeploy || []);